Adidas Telstar 18

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The Adidas Telstar 18 is the official match ball designed by Adidas for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, featuring a modern reinterpretation of the classic Telstar panel design.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Adidas Telstar 18 canonical 5
Adidas Telstar Mechta 2
Adidas Telstar 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf FIFA World Cup match ball
association football
football (soccer) ball
approvedBy FIFA
associatedCompetition FIFA World Cup
category football equipment
sports equipment
circumference approximately 69 cm
color black
grey
metallic details
white
construction thermally bonded
contains NFC chip
countryOfManufacturer Germany
designInspiredBy classic Telstar ball of 1970s
firstWorldCupBallWith embedded NFC chip
graphicsTheme pixelated design
hasFeature near-field communication technology
introducedBy Adidas
launchCampaignIncludes Alessandro Del Piero
Kaká
Lionel Messi
Xabi Alonso
Zinedine Zidane
manufacturer Adidas
material polyurethane outer layer
meetsStandard FIFA Quality Pro
namedAfter Adidas Telstar Durlast
surface form: Adidas Telstar
officialMatchBallOf 2018 FIFA World Cup
panelConnection seamless
panelDesign six-panel design
panelShape thermally bonded panels
predecessor Adidas Brazuca
primaryUse association football matches
sponsorshipBrand Adidas
surface form: Adidas Performance
successor Adidas Conext19
surface form: Adidas Conext 19

Adidas Telstar 18 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adidas Telstar Mechta
surfaceTexture textured surface
unveiledForEvent 2018 FIFA World Cup
unveiledInCity Moscow
unveiledOn 2017-11-09
usedBy national football teams
professional football players
usedInStage 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage
2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
usedInTournament FIFA Club World Cup
surface form: 2017 FIFA Club World Cup

2018 FIFA World Cup
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (selected matches)
variant Adidas Telstar 18 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adidas Telstar Mechta
weight approximately 430 g

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2018 FIFA World Cup matches ballUsed Adidas Telstar 18
2018 FIFA World Cup officialMatchBall Adidas Telstar 18
Adidas Telstar 18 successor Adidas Telstar 18 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Adidas Telstar Mechta
Adidas Telstar 18 variant Adidas Telstar 18 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Adidas Telstar Mechta
Group C ballUsed Adidas Telstar 18
subject surface form: Group C (2018 FIFA World Cup)
Adidas Footballs notableModel Adidas Telstar 18
this entity surface form: Adidas Telstar
Adidas Footballs notableModel Adidas Telstar 18
Adidas Krasava successor Adidas Telstar 18